DNA expert to aid forensic workload

Flinders University has appointed a Justice Chair of Forensic Science.

Dr Adrian Linacre is a specialist in DNA technology.

His appointment by Forensic Science SA is expected to help ease its workload by linking research done at Flinders with actual cases.

Dr Linacre says he also is keen to show the public that the reality differs from television crime shows.

"It's useful to us insofar as there's a great interest in forensic science, which is great, but of course what's done on TV and what is reality are two different things, but quite often the real-life case work is actually I think far more fascinating than anything done on drama," he said.